The aim of this study is to determine the effect of listening to music on sleep quality (subjective and objective), daytime dysfunction and neurophysiological arousal in patients with insomnia.
Sleep problems are highly prevalent in modern society and poor sleep is associated with impaired physical and mental health with large costs for both individuals and society. Pharmacological treatment is recommended only for short-term use, and there is a need to study promising drug-free aids to improve sleep. Furthermore, the mechanisms of insomnia are not well understood. In the present project we will investigate if listening to music can improve sleep quality in persons suffering from insomnia. We will use a randomized controlled trial design including both subjective and objective measures of sleep.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
57
Aarhus University Hospital
Aarhus, Denmark
Change in insomnia severity
Measured with the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI)
Time frame: Baseline and three-weeks follow-up
Change in subjective sleep quality
Measured with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
Time frame: Baseline and three-weeks follow-up
Change in objective sleep quality (PSG)
Total sleep time, Sleep efficiency, sleep onset latency and wake after sleep onset as measured with polysomnography
Time frame: Baseline and three-weeks follow-up
Change in objective sleep quality (actigraphy)
Total sleep time, Sleep efficiency, sleep onset latency and wake after sleep onset as measured with actigraphy
Time frame: Baseline and three-weeks follow-up
Change in daytime dysfunction
Measured with the Fatigue severity scale (FSS), Becks Depression inventory (BDI-II), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and WHOQOL-BREF
Time frame: Baseline and three-weeks follow-up
Change in physiological arousal
Measured with ECG and respiration rate
Time frame: Baseline and three-weeks follow-up
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